The illegal eviction involved the physical assault of one tenant and bailiffs entering the property on the instruction of the landlords without a court order.

Birmingham Council for instance, has reportedly recovered £4.9 million in "wrongly claimed" housing benefit covering supported exempt PRS accommodation and cancelled 3000 benefit claims.

The City Mayors of Manchester, Liverpool and London signed up to the letter which was coordinated by the London Renters Union and which seeks a PRS rent freeze due to the cost of living crisis.

Nottingham Council has announced that, pending a positive decision by its Executive Board, it will start a public consultation on 1st March (ending 24th May) on renewing its additional licensing scheme.

The briefing says "This advice provides an overview for practitioners and landlords about how to deal with damp and mould" in a proactive way which understands tenant experiences, and resolves the underlying issue.

The agent, based in Edmonton in the London borough of Enfield, operated 3 unlicensed properties in the area and did not attend court for the sentencing this month after being found guilty in November 2022 of failing to obtain selective licenses for the properties.

The landlord told the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) that the superior landlord from whom he rented the property had mislead him as to whether the property had an appropriate licence and that, therefore, he had a reasonable excuse for not having applied for an HMO licence himself.

The cross party parliamentary committee reviewing the Government's legislative proposals for reforming the private rented sector have taken on board concerns expressed about some of the proposals set out in the Fairer Private Rented Sector white paper published by DLUHC last year.

Brighton and Hove City Council imposed the penalties on the landlord for 3 licensing breaches which were related to fire safety and lack of ventilation issues.

In the case of the Coventry landlords, their property was found to have deteriorated over a number of years to the point that it was unfit to live in. There was no heating or hot water and gas and electrical safety tests hadn't been carried out.